Liquid applying massaging device



April 19, 1955 D, M. ACKERMAN I 2,706,474

LIQUID APPLYING MASSAGING DEVICE Original Filed Feb. 6, 1951 flvenfar United States Patent Serial No. 209,694.

Original application February 6, 1951,

1954, Serial Divided and this application February 23, No. 411,669

1 Claim. (Cl. 128-65) This invention relates to a liquid applying massaging device and the present application is a division of an application filed February 6, 1951, Serial No. 209,694.

It is an object of the invention to provide a device of this kind including a container having a toric seat the larger end of which opening outwardly together with a massaging sphere entering the larger end of said seat for contact with the liquid in the container and wherein a retaining ring is provided having means coacting with the sphere to distribute over the sphere the liquid within the container and also permitting entrance into the container of air to replace the liquid delivered therefrom.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved liquid applying massaging device whereby certain advantages are attained, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order that my invention may be better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein is illustrated, partly in section and partly in elevation, a massaging device constructed in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.

In the embodiment of the invention as illustrated by the accompanying drawing, C denotes a container having one end open. The open end portion of the container C is formed to provide a toric seat 1 of spherical contour and having its larger end outwardly disposed.

Entering the toric seat 1 and into the container C is a spherical massaging element 2 held in place by the Patented Apr. 19, 1955 ice retaining ring 3 sealed to the container C against removal. This ring 3 has an internal toric surface 4. The spherical element is of a diameter slightly less than the diameter of the spherical curvature of the seat 1.

The retaining ring 3 is provided with an outwardly opening annular groove 5 in which is seated an annular ring 6 of pervious material such as felt, which serves to distribute the liquid from the interior of the container C onto the surface of the spherical element 2. This pervious strip 6 also permits the flow of air into the interior of the container C to replace the liquid which is extracted therefrom.

In using the device, the spherical element 2 is applied to the surface to be massaged and the device is moved over the surface so that the member 2 rotates with relation to the container C. As the member 2 rotates, the liquid within the container C with which the element 2 contacts is carried on its surface to the surface being massaged. During this operation, the packing 6 becomes saturated with liquid from the surface of the member 2, resulting in an effective distribution of the liquid over the surface of the member 2. Due to the fact that the ring 6 is pervious when the liquid contained therein, or in any portion thereof becomes exhausted, air may enter into the container C to replace liquid which has been extracted therefrom.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that a liquid applying massaging device constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated.

I claim:

In a liquid applying massaging devicea container for liquid, said container having a toric seat in one end thereof, the larger end of said toric seat opening outwardly, a spherical massaging element entering the larger end of said seat and contacting the liquid contained in said container, a retaining ring encircling said element adjacent the toric seat, said retaining ring being seated to the container, and a ring of pervious material carried by the retaining ring and contacting the massaging element. 7,

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